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Effect of Treating Hyperphosphatemia With Lanthanum Carbonate vs Calcium Carbonate on Cardiovascular Events in Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Hemodialysis: The LANDMARK Randomized Clinical Trial.

May 20, 2021

Among patients with hyperphosphatemia undergoing dialysis, it is unclear whether non-calcium-based phosphate binders are more effective than calcium-based binders for reducing cardiovascular events.To...

Incidence and microbiological characteristics of neonatal late onset sepsis in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Peru.

May 20, 2021

The aim of our study was to determine the incidence of late onset sepsis and the most frequent microorganisms causing it in the Neonatal Unit (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit ie NICU and Level 2 nursery)...

Empiric aztreonam is associated with increased mortality compared to beta-lactams in septic shock.

May 20, 2021

To determine if aztreonam as initial empiric treatment of adult septic shock is associated with increased mortality compared to the use of anti-pseudomonal beta-lactam agents.This was a multicenter, r...

Intracellular and Extracellular Lipopolysaccharide Signaling in Sepsis: Avenues for Novel Therapeutic Strategies.

May 20, 2021

Sepsis is defined as organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated systemic host response to infection. During gram-negative bacterial infection and other acute illness such as absorption from the gut infec...

Simultaneous flow cytometric characterization of multiple cell types and metabolic states in the rat brain after repeated mild traumatic brain injury.

May 20, 2021

Cellular responses at the sub-acute phase of mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), and their contribution to ongoing damage, are unclear, complex and require simultaneous assessment of multiple cells to...

A combined therapeutic regimen of citalopram and environmental enrichment ameliorates attentional set-shifting performance after brain trauma.

May 20, 2021

Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) have led to lasting deficits for an estimated 5.3 million American patients. Effective therapies for these patients remain scarce and each of the clinical trials stemmin...

Nrf2/HO-1 mediates neuroprotective effects of pramipexole by attenuating oxidative damage and mitochondrial perturbation after traumatic brain injury.

May 20, 2021

Pramipexole (PPX), a D2-like receptor agonist, is generally used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease and restless leg syndrome. It's neuroprotective effects have been shown against various neurolo...

Cardiac hypertrophy in a dish: A human stem cell based model.

May 20, 2021

Cardiac hypertrophy is an important and independent risk factor for the development of heart failure. To better understand the mechanisms and regulatory pathways involved in cardiac hypertrophy, there...

β-catenin drives distinct transcriptional networks in proliferative and non-proliferative cardiomyocytes.

May 20, 2021

The inability of the adult mammalian heart to regenerate represents a fundamental barrier in heart failure management. In contrast, the neonatal heart retains a transient regenerative capacity, but th...

The autonomic nervous system in septic shock and its role as a future therapeutic target: a narrative review.

May 20, 2021

The autonomic nervous system (ANS) regulates the cardiovascular system. A growing body of experimental and clinical evidence confirms significant dysfunction of this regulation during sepsis and septi...

Protective Effect of Hydrogen Gas on Mice Hind Limb Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury.

May 17, 2021

The aim of this study was to investigate the mechanism of hydrogen gas on hind limb IR injury.Male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into three groups: sham group (Sham), ischemia-reperfusion group (...

Effects of Tourniquet Application on Faster Recovery after Surgery and Ischemia-Reperfusion Post-Total Knee Arthroplasty, Cementation through Closure versus Full-Course and Nontourniquet Group.

May 17, 2021

Pneumatic tourniquets are used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) for surgical field visualization and improved cementation; however, their use is controversial. This study aimed to assess the effects o...

A novel GSK-3 inhibitor binds to GSK-3β via a reversible, time and Cys-199-dependent mechanism.

May 17, 2021

Glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) has been implicated in numerous pathologies making GSK-3 an attractive therapeutic target. Our group has identified a compound termed COB-187 that is a potent and se...

Tensor learning of pointwise mutual information from EHR data for early prediction of sepsis.

May 17, 2021

Early detection of sepsis can facilitate early clinical intervention with effective treatment and may reduce sepsis mortality rates. In view of this, machine learning-based automated diagnosis of seps...

Polymyxin B-inspired non-hemolytic tyrocidine A analogues with significantly enhanced activity against gram-negative bacteria: How cationicity impacts cell specificity and antibacterial mechanism.

May 17, 2021

Naturally occurring cyclic antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) such as tyrocidine A (Tyrc A) and gramicidin S (GS) are appealing targets for the development of novel antibiotics. However, their therapeutic ...

Factors associated with complicated pneumonia in children.

May 17, 2021

CAP (community acquired pneumonia) is a leading cause of morbidity in children, despite advances in healthcare and anti-pneumococcal vaccine. Complicated pneumonia accounts for a significant burden wi...

Predictors of 30-Day Readmissions for Adrenal Insufficiency: A Retrospective National Database Study.

May 17, 2021

The aim of this study is to describe rates and characteristics of non-elective 30-day readmission among patients hospitalized for adrenal insufficiency and to assess predictors of readmission.We analy...

Diffuse interstitial pneumonia-like/macrophage activation syndrome-like changes in patients with COVID-19 correlate with length of illness.

May 17, 2021

Assess the pathologic changes in the lungs of COVID-19 decedents and correlate these changes with demographic data, clinical course, therapies, and duration of illness.Lungs of 12 consecutive COVID-19...

Continuous Infusion, Therapeutic Drug Monitoring and Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy with Ceftazidime-Avibactam: a Retrospective Cohort Study.

May 17, 2021

Based on recent PK/PD evidence, continuous infusion (CI) of β-lactam administration is increasingly recommended for serious infections. Since 2016, the combination of ceftazidime and avibactam (CAZ/A...

Adjunctive homeopathic treatment of hospitalized COVID-19 patients (COVIHOM): A retrospective case series.

May 17, 2021

and purpose. COVID-19 is a novel viral disease causing worldwide pandemia. The aim of this study was to describe the effect of adjunctive individualized homeopathic treatment delivered to hospitalized...

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